Sentence examples for sudden fright from inspiring English sources
The phrase "sudden fright" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is often used to describe a feeling of fear or terror that comes on suddenly and unexpectedly. Here is an example: "The sudden fright she felt when the lights suddenly went out was overwhelming, causing her heart to race and her palms to sweat."
Adrenaline is responsible for the sensations a person feels immediately after a near-accident or sudden fright - weak knees, racing heart, rapid breathing and shakiness.
It pauses at intersections and then resumes, sometimes halfway through a new trip, giving a sudden fright to passengers who have not yet spotted the dangling cord and think the drivers have gone mad.
Here the usual exciting spectacles were witnessed, but when the charioteer, with his garland on his head, was quietly driving his victorious chariot out of the race-course, 4 his horses took a sudden fright, upon no apparent occasion, but either by some divine ordering or by merest chance, and dashed off at the top of their speed towards Rome, charioteer and all.
There's no overarching narrative, which is a departure for Punchdrunk, but there are sudden frights.
"It will be a horror movie, but with no screams or sudden frights," he said.
At those moments, I knew what it felt like to be one of our horses, who take sudden frights in the daytime just for the fun of it.
The enlightened William Charles Hood in 1862 listed among the causes of insanity Fright, Jealousy, Sudden Prosperity, Coup de Soleil and Onanism.
Ms. Garrett described Morgan as a "sweet, lovable child," who loved movies, swimming and drawing, and whose mild autism caused him fright at sudden noises or the appearance of strangers.
Stage fright involves a sudden involuntary cessation of body movement, usually in response to a stimulus of fear related to public speaking.
Combine that with the barn owl's silent flight and pale, almost ghostly appearance, and you've got the perfect recipe for a bird that can sneak up behind you in the dark and produce a sudden shriek, giving you an intense fright.
Approach the pigeons, slowly, making no sudden movements or sounds or you might fright them.
